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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
the United States in 1999 versus $7 billion in 1997, according to the National Venture Capital Association—has attracted thousands of business plans. This sheer volume of funds to be invested and plans to be evaluated has strained the...
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- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
locations (even if on a sofa) going for as little as $25 per night. Nightly rentals are beginning to exceed the volumes of the largest hotel chains. What happens if the chains, with much higher marginal costs, are forced to cut back on...
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- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
this edited volume come about, and what is meant by the term "broadband explosion"? Robert Austin: This book was a result of the fourth Harvard Business School Colloquium on the Computer and Telecommunications industries, which...
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- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
channel partners weren't motivated to sell the product because it was disruptive to their economic model. The company quickly ramped up expenses to establish a global presence, hoping to build a steeper ramp to volume. But this increased dramatically the View Details
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by Michael Raynor
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
private-sector financial intermediaries to engage in excessive amounts of maturity transformation—i.e., to finance risky assets using dangerously large volumes of runnable short-term liabilities. Specifically, we make the case that the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
away from anything but a majority position, Rodriguez said. Illiquid markets are also a turn-off for institutional investors. Only thirty-three companies in Latin America meet the minimum $5 million in daily trading volume most fund...
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by Julie Jette
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
lump sums to estimations of RVU volumes if the crisis didn’t happen. My hope is that this crisis will provide the opportunity to rethink physician compensation in a way that maps physician incentives to the behaviors that generate value...
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by Danielle Kost
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
down this job before they found someone dumb enough take it. The fact that the guy agreed to do it speaks unflattering volumes about his judgment. Yes, I realize Barton is an SMA board member. That he "knows the company"-at least as much...
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- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
from outsourcing may be due to two factors: If the company has outsourced in order to save money, it is probably not focusing on customer needs. Or, if it has outsourced primarily because it is not able to handle the volume of calls...
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- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
participants with higher gray matter volume in this region exhibited less risk aversion. The results "identify what might be considered the first stable biomarker for financial risk-attitude," according to the authors. The study...
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by James Heskett
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
convert consumer interest to purchases it might be time to reduce the volume on talking babies and dancing monkeys and up the attention on brand. Teixeira is now talking with companies that are trying to connect television ad campaigns...
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- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
historians in recent years, academic research on business groups has, to date, remained within the boundary of emerging markets. The major aim of this volume is to explore the long-term evolution of different varieties of large...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
(revised) Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman, and Hoan Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest in using small ad platforms. When participation costs are large...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
and from electronic communication servers—the effect of open office architectures on employees' face-to-face, email, and instant messaging (IM) interaction patterns. Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
forthcoming New York: Palgrave Macmillan New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy By: Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Abstract—This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
following Boston Children's and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Texas Children's had some of the highest volumes in the nation, seeing more than 20,000 congenital heart disease patients and performing over 800 cardiac...
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Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
avoid information about their relative ability. August 2013 NBER Volume on African Economic Successes Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative By: Ashraf, Nava,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
disclosure subsidize consumers. And third, higher competition intensity tends to increase the volume of consumer information disclosed by firms. Our findings are particularly relevant to the business models of Internet firms and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
changing very rapidly. However, low-scale production methods tend to have high costs. Thus when demand reaches a certain volume and the changes slow down, it makes sense to invest in higher-scale production and distribution methods....
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- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
cannot be ignored, nor can the volume of trades that discount firms, such as E*Trade and TDAmeritrade, are now handling. Clearly the more traditional players have learned that they must be able to compete in this new arena, and they are...
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by Susan Young